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ICARLOS G. VILSON, OF MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.

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Application filed May 9, 1888.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

' Be it known that I, CARLos G. WILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milledgeville, in thecounty of Baldwin and State ofGeorgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a baling-press of simple andeffective construetion and one of great strength, which is adapted tocompress the material with a quick movement at the beginning of thestroke and increasing the power as the movement progresses. y

To this end I employ a lower follower and an upper follower l at thebottom and top of the press-box, respectively, which followers are drawntoward each other by an equal and simultaneous movement imparted bypaired toggle-bars, one exerting a l direct upward thrust of the lowerfollower and the other a downward thrust on a cross-head, -which isconnected by tie-rods to the follower at the top of the press-box. Thesetoggle-bars are actuated by a rightand-left screw acting upon nuts, inwhich the extremities of the toggle-bars are stepped. The movementcompresses the cottonvor other material into the required dimensions ator near the vertical center of the press-box, said box being hereprovided with doors for the tying and Aremoval of the bale.

For simplicity of description I will refer to i n, the doors at thefront and back of the press-box i as side7 doors and the lateral doorsas end doors, with reference to the bale which is coml pressed withinthe space surrounded by these doors. The doors are arranged in pairs,each t pair of side doors folding one over the other, the outer onebeing provided with a batten which carries oblique or cam-shapedkeepers, bymeans of which the clamp-bars, by which i the doors aresecured, compress them tightly together, and when the press-box is to beopened release the bale bya gradual movement, as hereinafter explained..The vend doors also fold oneV over the other,`and are provided withbattens on which the clampbars bear laterally to conine the said enddoors. The end'doors are each made in two parts, with'a vertical slotbetween them, the

l two parts bein'g'connected by a yoke passing over or around thetie-rods which connect the serial ira-273,275.' or@ model.)

loose beveled pinions, either one of which re- I ceives the rotation ofthe shaft by means of a clutch, so as to drive the screw in eitherdirection, the clutch being moved either by hand or automatically at thetermination of the stroke by a bell-crank lever. A partial move- 7o mentof the clutch when the pressing is completed will arrest the movement ofthe followers and leave them locked in the position they have reached,and afurther movement, throwing the clutch into gear with the oppositepinion, will impart a reverse movement of the screw, so as to withdrawthe followers preparatory to the next operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a vertical section of thepress on the line I I, 8o Fig. III. Fig. II is a horizont-al section onthe line Il II, Fig. I, showing a plan view of the operating mechanismat the bottom of the press. 'Fig III is a plan or top view thereof,showing iu dotted lines the upper follower swung around. Fig. IV is anend elevation. Fig. V is a perspective view showing the position of theparts when the pressing is completed. Fig. VI is a perspective viewshowing the doors opened for the tying 9o and removal of the bale. Fig.VII is a .detail section of one side of the press-box, showing the doorsclosed.

. l represents the horizontal base-frame of the press, on which aremounted standards 2 2, connected at suitable' intervals by horizontalbeams 3 and at the top by the upper horizontal beams 4 4.

5 represent, respectively, the lower and upper portions of the press-boxwithin which roo the lowerfollower 7 and the upper follower 8 movevertically.- The upper follower 8 is attached to a horizontal followerblock or beam 9, constructed at one end with a swivel 10 and at theother with an open socket 11, by which the follower-block is secured totie- `rods 12 13, which connect it to a cross-head 14 at the bottom ofthe press. The upper end of the tie-rod 13 is secured within the opensocket 1l in the follower-block, so as to permit the ready separation ofthis end of the upper follower from the tie-rod when the upper followeris to be turned around, as represented in dotted lines in Fig. III, toopen the top of the press-box.

16 represents a ri ght-and-left screw extending horizont-ally under thebottom of the press and rotated by a bevel-gear 17 by means of eitherone of a pair of opposed pinions 18 19, within which the counter-shaft2O is arranged to turn loosely. The center of the countershaft 2O isformed square, as shown at 2l in Figs. I and Il, to impart rotation tothe clutch member22, which slides Yon the said shaft, and is therebymade to engage with either of the pinions 1S 19, so as to turn thedriving-screw 16 in either direction by a continuous rotation of thecounter-shaft 20. If the clutch be left in an intermediate position, asillustrated in Fig. II, the rotation of the countershaft 2O imparts nomotion to the drivingscrew. The sliding motion is imparted to the clutchmember 22 by a shipper 23, mounted on a rod 24, which slides in suitableguides, and is operated by a bell-crank 25, having a projecting handle26 for moving the said bell-crank shipper and clutch by hand whenrequired. The bell-crank is pivoted at 27 to a sliding bar 28, carryinga tappet 29, which is engaged at the termination of the stroke by somepart of the moving mechanism, so as to automatically arrest the pressingaction at any determined point and hold the followers at that point.

On the right and left threads, respectively, of the driving-screw 16 aretwo nuts 30 31, in which are stepped or articulated toggle-bars. Theupper toggle-bars consist of a pair of links 32, connected to the nut31, and a single link 32, connected to the nut 30 and working betweenthe paired links, the links crossing at their upper ends and beingjointed or stepped underneath the follower 7, and the lower toggle-barsconsist of a pair of links 33, connected to the nut 30, and a singlelink 33, connected to the nut 31 and working between the paired links33, these links being crossed at their lower ends and stepped or jointedin the cross-head 14, which is connected to and actuates the block orbeam 9, carrying the follower 8. This arrangement of the toggle-barsimparts an extended movement to the followers.

34 represent guide-rods projecting rigidly from the lower follower 7 andworking in sockets 35 in the base of the press, so as to hold the lowerfollower 7 in horizontal position. The upper side doors 36 are connectedto the horizontal beams 3 by hinges 37, permitting the said doors to beturned upward into horizontal position for tying and removing the bale.

The lower side doors 38 are eonnectedto the horizontal beams 3 by doublehinges 39, permitting these doors to drop outward into vertical positioncompletely out of the way to give better access to the compressed balefor tying the same and facilitating its removal. The upper edges of theside doors 38 are provided with horizontal battens 40, projecting overthe lower edges of the pendent upper doors 36, so as to confine thesame, and provided on the outer faces of their projecting ends withoblique-faced keepers 41 for the reception of clamp-bars 42, which.extend across the ends of the press-box, and by their downturned endsengage over the oblique faces of the keepers 41, so as to draw the sidedoors tightly together. The ends of the press-box are also constructedwith doors 43 44, each made in two parts separated by a vertical slotand connected together by a yoke 45 and 45, respectively, which passaround the tie-rods 13, so as to permit the said end doors 43 44 to passthe tie-rods in opening and closing. end doors 43 are hinged to thehorizontal upper beams 3n by hinges 46, and the lower doors 44 arehinged to the lower horizontal beams 3b by double hinges 47, permittingthe' more free movement of the said lower doors.

It will be noted by reference to Figs. I and IV that the tie-rods12,which are made double to permit the toggle-bars 32 33 to work betweenthe'm, are connected by couplings 48 to single rods 13, which extendupward to the follower-beam 9.

The perspective view, Fig. V, shows the relative positions of the partswhen the bale is compressed, the tie-rods 13 being at this time drawndown sufficiently to take the couplings 48,wl1ich connect the doubletie-rods 12 with the single rods 13, down out of the way of the enddoors 44. The upper edges of the lower end doors 44 are provided withbattens 49, to which their connecting-yokes 45 are attached, and whichproject over the lower edges of the upper doors- 43 to conne the same.The batten's 49 are grooved to receive the clamp-bars 42, which thusbear laterally against the end doors, securely holding these when thesaid clamp-bars are locked in the keepers 41 of the doors 38.

Figs. I and IV show the position of the parts when the followers areseparated preparatoryto the filling of the press. When the doors areclosed, the edges by which they are hinged engage in rabbets in thehorizontal beams 3 3 3 3b, so as to relieve the hinges of pressure.

The engagement of the end doors 43 44 with the beams 3 3b is shown inFig. I, and the engagement of the side doors 36 38 with the beams 3 3 isillustrated in the detail section, Fig. VII.

Operation: The parts being in the position shown in Figs. I and IV, butwith the upper follower swung around, as indicated by dotted lines inFig. III, the press is ready for filling. This doneand the upperfollower The pendent upperV IOO IIO

closed movement is imparted to the drivingscrew, which, actingthroughthetoggle-bars By this simple mechanism I provide a plantationpress which will pack a bale on the plantation into very smalldimensions, effecting a great saving in transportation from the interiortothe sea ports or to the compressors.v

Wherever the pressing action is arrestedrby shifting the clutch from theforward drivingpinion the effect ofthe screw 16, nuts 3l, and

:toggle-bars 32 33 is toy lock the followers in any position which theyhave reached, and after a bale is Atied it isquicklyreleased by afurther movement of the clutch 22, throwing it into gear with theopposite driving-pin- "ion, which imparts a reversed movement to the gscrews from the same continuous movement of the engine and counter-shaft20.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim asnewtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:v p

l. The combination of the press-boXsthe upper and lower followers, abeam carrying the upper follower, the cross-head beneath the press-box,rods connecting said beam with said cross-head, a right-and-left screw,the nuts 30 and 3l, the upper-paired links 32 and single link 32,crossed at their upper ends, and the lower paired links 33 and singlelink 33, crossed at their lower ends, substantially as described.

. 2. The Vcombination of the press-box consisting of upper portion 6,having vertical slots in -the ends thereof, the lower'portion 5, and acentral portion having upper and lower side doors, the upper follower 8,having a supporting-beam 9,for1,ned with contracted necks working in.the vertical slots, the lower f ollower. 7, the cross-head 14 beneaththe pressbox, toggle mechanism between the lower follower and thecross-head, and the rods connecting the saidbeam with the saidcrosshead, the beam being hinged to one rod, soas to move in ahorizontal plane, substantially as described.

3. vThe press-box having a central part provided with rabbeted side andend frames, the side doors 36 and 38, having double hinges 37 and 39,respectively, and fitting intheside frames, the end doors 43 and 44,having double hinges 46 and 47, respectively, and fitting in the endframes, and suitablev fastenings for the doors, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination of the press-box, followers working therein, thedoors 38 and 44, connected to the frame by double hinges 39 and 47,adapting saidrdoors to engage with the frame of the press when closedand'to when open, and suitable fastenings for the doors, as hereinexplained.

5. Theenddoors 43 44, made in separate parts connected by yokes 45 45a,permitting said doors to pass the tie-rods in opening, asV explained.

6. The combination of the side doors 36 38 and end doors 43 44 with theclamp-bars 42 to fasten said doors together, as explained.

7. The combination of the side doors 36 38,

drop into vertical position out of the way' iitting one over the other,the inclined keep- ,n

ers 4l on the outer doors, and the clampbars 42, bent at right anglesand engaging with the inclined keepers to force and retain the, doors'in their closed position, as explained.

8. The combination of the side doors 36 38,'

shutting one over the other, the end doors *43 44, shutting one over theother, the battens 40 and 49 on the side and end doors, respect` ively,and the clamp-bars 42, bearing'l laterally against the end-door battensand engag' ing over keepers on the side-door battens, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

JAMES A. GREEN, WALTER PAINE; i .2

